Analysis: Why Are Fewer British Muslims Voting?
by Khadijah Hasan
Muslims are a highly politically engaged group – except, increasingly, when it comes to parliamentary politics.
Tag: islamophobia
Opinion: Salman Rushdie Was Once on the Left. What Happened?
by Alfie Steer
The author, currently in hospital following a knife attack in the US, has done a 180 over the course of his career. Alfie Steer examines why.
Report: ‘It Was Just Relentless’: Black and Muslim Labour Councillors Reveal Experiences of Party Racism
by Taj Ali
In the wake of the Forde report’s findings of a 'hierarchy of racism' within the Labour party, ethnic minority politicians are sharing their experiences. Taj Ali reports.
Report: French Muslims Overwhelmingly Backed Mélenchon. Will the Left Take Note?
by Hanna Bechiche
After five years of persecution on Emmanuel Macron's watch, Muslim voters want an alternative, writes Hanna Bechiche. Will the French left learn lessons from the election and bake anti-racism into its agenda?
Opinion: The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain
by Zarah Sultana
Since its release, the Trojan Horse Affair podcast has been met with near silence by the British media. This isn’t a surprise, writes Zarah Sultana: Islamophobia shaped the media’s response to the hoax letter in 2014 and Islamophobia explains its disregard for the podcast’s revelations in 2022.
Analysis: What Happened to France’s Socialist Party?
by Ell Folan
In 2012, the centre-left Parti Socialiste held the presidency and a congressional majority. Now the party is on course to win just 2% in the upcoming presidential election. Ell Folan looks at what went wrong.
Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It
by Rob Faure Walker
The state-sanctioned Islamophobia exposed by Brian Reed and Hamza Syed lives on in Prevent, writes Rob Faure Walker. It's time to end this disastrous strategy.
Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity
by Shanice McBean
Justin Trudeau is freezing the bank accounts of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The left should be up in arms, argues Shanice McBean, whatever we think of the protesters’ politics.
Downstream: Why the Trojan Horse Affair Is a Very British Scandal
There was never an extremist plot to Islamify schools in Birmingham – so why do so many people still believe it?
Live: “I Was Sacked for Being a Muslim”, Tory Ex-Minister Claims
Boris Johnson has launched an investigation into Nusrat Ghani's claims she was sacked for her “muslimness”. Will it lead to a light finally be shone on Tory Islamophobia?
Opinion: Islamophobia Isn’t Ingrained in British Culture – It’s Fed to Us From the Top
by Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana expected anti-Muslim hatred when she became an MP. She also knew exactly who’d be whipping it up. A new report proves her right.
Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
by Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Labour’s near-total silence on Apsana Begum's case suggests the party cares more about its factional alignments than supporting a young survivor of domestic abuse.
Opinion: The Right Are Panicking About Anti-Racism – As Well They Should Be
by David Wearing
Across the West, the right is cracking down on anti-racism. Why? Because if a genuine, substantive anti-racist politics went truly mainstream, it'd be the end of conservatism as we know it, argues David Wearing.
Opinion: The 7/7 Bombings Changed UK Terror Policy Forever
by Azfar Shafi
From expanding the definition of terrorism to the inception of Prevent, the 7/7 bombings provoked changes that have progressively suffocated social and political life in Britain, writes Azfar Shafi.
Opinion: Biden’s New Cold War With China Will Be Justified With Racism
by David Wearing
Confrontation with China is shaping up to be a central theme of Joe Biden’s presidency. Of course, racism has structured international relations since at least the colonial era, writes David Wearing.
Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters
by Barnaby Raine
We shouldn’t be confused by the Tories championing free speech one moment, suppressing it the next. It’s always been perfectly clear whose speech matters to them, argues Barnaby Raine.
Opinion: No Other Minority: Keir Starmer’s Silence on the Islamophobia Report Speaks Volumes About Labour’s Hierarchy of Racism
by Ash Sarkar
Labour’s Islamophobia report rubbishes the claim that “no other minority” would be treated so poorly as the Jewish community was by the party, writes Ash Sarkar. Keir Starmer's failure to address the report's contents speaks to a toxic hierarchy of racism within Labour, whereby communities are set into competition with one another to be heard.
Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent
by Ilyas Nadgee
From William Shawcross to David Goodhart, the recently-appointed EHRC commissioner who believes Tory Islamophobia is a paranoid smear, the government is stuffing our democratic institutions with dangerous ideologues. The left must forcefully resist this worrying trend, writes Ilyas Nadgee.